Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,758	70.66	1,242	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,751	71.80	1,257	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,581	64.33	1,017	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,411	53.61	756	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,197	34.94	418	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,343	106.29	1,427	225
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	99.58	1,181	51
Heifers	Select	Average	1,100	87.50	963	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	106.91	1,568	380
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	100.61	1,307	75
Steers	Select	Average	1,134	91.77	1,041	12

Every lot, as filed

14 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	106.91/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,568	380
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	106.29/cwt	103.00–109.25	1,427	225
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,751	71.80/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,257	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	43.02/cwt	38.00–46.00	561	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	27.60/cwt	20.00–35.00	303	11
Bulls	—	—	1,605	54.39/cwt	53.00–56.00	873	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	53.61/cwt	48.00–59.00	756	29
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,277	101.10/cwt	101.00–101.25	1,291	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,581	64.33/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,017	17
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,100	87.50/cwt	80.00–96.50	963	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,134	91.77/cwt	81.00–100.00	1,041	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	99.96/cwt	95.00–102.60	1,327	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,186	99.58/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,181	51
Bulls	—	—	1,789	73.91/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,322	10

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Tama Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Tama, IA

Wed Nov 11, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 986Last week 693Year ago 805

Slaughter cattle sale today: No comparison due to last week sale not reported. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
380	—	1,467	103.00–109.00	106.91
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,277	101.00–101.25	101.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,134	81.00–100.00	91.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,328	95.00–102.60	99.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
225	—	1,343	103.00–109.25	106.29
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	80.00–96.50	87.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,186	95.00–102.50	99.58
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,751	70.00–76.00	71.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,305	38.00–46.00	43.02
11	—	1,099	20.00–35.00	27.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,411	48.00–59.00	53.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,581	60.00–69.00	64.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	53.00–56.00	54.39
10	—	1,789	65.00–80.00	73.91

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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